Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e297a37ebb3cfac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:11:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 368f3795c0fa1627d79cbd0fca129e13 SHA-1: 09a080e69d6445c2583371ae268be3e57222fa4a SHA-256: e297a37ebb3cfac10730588747d3e55b4b4490966855d6ffd98a6898fe9e3e87
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm or phishing campaign. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to download further payloads or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roosevelt+four+freedoms+speech+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://tarsiman.ee/files/file/63410823503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scb0bcliaeto9u4u1v5m8s7qfi/82465552547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/78181583545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/10375687153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6563367ff25788d2f779faa0c6f51ec7/farakunojafafiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078be2d43ec5---63473573268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fugifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejumonusixogiwavizomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08e177d9bb---bonaxago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb46k2cgedaapvcapar5o5nt1c/vifarevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkins1983.com/clients/861771/File/duduwutonuwuzuluxiveruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202108132010313239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/89185246689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifewapisobifanigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd71add3ad1a78f07270f49c619a6095/11230079864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b938b8f70f---verewavinalivenibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c5ea83065ae51cc9aaa17b5e62ae223/39846198040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/63553514419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21142426478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/19780194802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leeja.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824e2ca99e2ae2c98705cb3200d13bc6/gomokalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/tewemetuxebizewiloxiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/82375792508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4D 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 6633b465fb66905400c60ba6a03904a18ad6e4a008b042de329e0c301a44a55c
font_01_sfnt_off00011a3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3F 10736 bytes
SHA-256: b6bfd09e81ccb26516300b38cc8758ff1cf0b8a0dc6c2458a6e0b6ae3bfc7e6c
font_02_sfnt_off00013304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13304 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1